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1If Emma had still, at intervals, an anxious feeling for Harriet, a momentary doubt of its being possible for her to be
2really cured of her attachment to Mr. Knightley, and really able to accept another man from unbiased inclination, it was
3not long that she had to suffer from the recurrence of any such uncertainty. A very few days brought the party from
4London, and she had no sooner an opportunity of being one hour alone with Harriet, than she became perfectly
5satisfied--unaccountable as it was!--that Robert Martin had thoroughly supplanted Mr. Knightley, and was now forming all
6her views of happiness. Harriet was a little distressed--did look a little foolish at first: but having once owned that
7she had been presumptuous and silly, and self-deceived, before, her pain and confusion seemed to die away with the
8words, and leave her without a care for the past, and with the fullest exultation in the present and future; for, as to
9her friend's approbation, Emma had instantly removed every fear of that nature, by meeting her with the most unqualified
10congratulations.--Harriet was most happy to give every particular of the evening at Astley's, and the dinner the next
11day; she could dwell on it all with the utmost delight. But what did such particulars explain?--The fact was, as Emma
12could now acknowledge, that Harriet had always liked Robert Martin; and that his continuing to love her had been
13irresistible.--Beyond this, it must ever be unintelligible to Emma. The event, however, was most joyful; and every day
14was giving her fresh reason for thinking so.--Harriet's parentage became known. She proved to be the daughter of a
15tradesman, rich enough to afford her the comfortable maintenance which had ever been hers, and decent enough to have
16always wished for concealment.--Such was the blood of gentility which Emma had formerly been so ready to vouch for!--It
17was likely to be as untainted, perhaps, as the blood of many a gentleman: but what a connexion had she been preparing
18for Mr. Knightley--or for the Churchills--or even for Mr. Elton!--The stain of illegitimacy, unbleached by nobility or
19wealth, would have been a stain indeed. No objection was raised on the father's side; the young man was treated
20liberally; it was all as it should be: and as Emma became acquainted with Robert Martin, who was now introduced at
21Hartfield, she fully acknowledged in him all the appearance of sense and worth which could bid fairest for her little
22friend. She had no doubt of Harriet's happiness with any good-tempered man; but with him, and in the home he offered,
23there would be the hope of more, of security, stability, and improvement. She would be placed in the midst of those who
24loved her, and who had better sense than herself; retired enough for safety, and occupied enough for cheerfulness. She
25would be never led into temptation, nor left for it to find her out. She would be respectable and happy; and Emma
26admitted her to be the luckiest creature in the world, to have created so steady and persevering an affection in such a
27man;--or, if not quite the luckiest, to yield only to herself. Harriet, necessarily drawn away by her engagements with
28the Martins, was less and less at Hartfield; which was not to be regretted.--The intimacy between her and Emma must
29sink; their friendship must change into a calmer sort of goodwill; and, fortunately, what ought to be, and must be,
30seemed already beginning, and in the most gradual, natural manner. Before the end of September, Emma attended Harriet to
31church, and saw her hand bestowed on Robert Martin with so complete a satisfaction, as no remembrances, even connected
32with Mr. Elton as he stood before them, could impair.--Perhaps, indeed, at that time she scarcely saw Mr. Elton, but as
33the clergyman whose blessing at the altar might next fall on herself.--Robert Martin and Harriet Smith, the latest
34couple engaged of the three, were the first to be married. Jane Fairfax had already quitted Highbury, and was restored
35to the comforts of her beloved home with the Campbells.--The Mr. Churchills were also in town; and they were only
36waiting for November. The intermediate month was the one fixed on, as far as they dared, by Emma and Mr.
37Knightley.--They had determined that their marriage ought to be concluded while John and Isabella were still at
38Hartfield, to allow them the fortnight's absence in a tour to the seaside, which was the plan.--John and Isabella, and
39every other friend, were agreed in approving it. But Mr. Woodhouse--how was Mr. Woodhouse to be induced to consent?--he,
40who had never yet alluded to their marriage but as a distant event. When first sounded on the subject, he was so
41miserable, that they were almost hopeless.--A second allusion, indeed, gave less pain.--He began to think it was to be,
42and that he could not prevent it--a very promising step of the mind on its way to resignation. Still, however, he was
43not happy. Nay, he appeared so much otherwise, that his daughter's courage failed. She could not bear to see him
44suffering, to know him fancying himself neglected; and though her understanding almost acquiesced in the assurance of
45both the Mr. Knightleys, that when once the event were over, his distress would be soon over too, she hesitated--she
46could not proceed. In this state of suspense they were befriended, not by any sudden illumination of Mr. Woodhouse's
47mind, or any wonderful change of his nervous system, but by the operation of the same system in another way.--Mrs.
48Weston's poultry-house was robbed one night of all her turkeys--evidently by the ingenuity of man. Other poultry-yards
49in the neighbourhood also suffered.--Pilfering was housebreaking to Mr. Woodhouse's fears.--He was very uneasy; and but
50for the sense of his son-in-law's protection, would have been under wretched alarm every night of his life. The
51strength, resolution, and presence of mind of the Mr. Knightleys, commanded his fullest dependence. While either of them
52protected him and his, Hartfield was safe.--But Mr. John Knightley must be in London again by the end of the first week
53in November. The result of this distress was, that, with a much more voluntary, cheerful consent than his daughter had
54ever presumed to hope for at the moment, she was able to fix her wedding-day--and Mr. Elton was called on, within a
55month from the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin, to join the hands of Mr. Knightley and Miss Woodhouse. The
56wedding was very much like other weddings, where the parties have no taste for finery or parade; and Mrs. Elton, from
57the particulars detailed by her husband, thought it all extremely shabby, and very inferior to her own.--"Very little
58white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business!--Selina would stare when she heard of it."--But, in spite of
59these deficiencies, the wishes, the hopes, the confidence, the predictions of the small band of true friends who
60witnessed the ceremony, were fully answered in the perfect happiness of the union. FINIS
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